2g2 MAMMALIA. 



J^ey of the Indian Species. 



a. Claws well developed ; tail about f of length of body. 



b. Teeth moderate ; portion of frontals behind the postorbilal 

 processes decreasing regularly in width to constriction 

 in front of brain case ; fur longish and loose ; upper bor- 

 der of naked nose-pad forming a salient angle. 



L. vulgaris, p. 292. 



l^. Teeth large; portion of frontals behind the postorbital 

 process of equal width as far as the constriction in 

 front of the brain case ; fur short and adpressed ; upper 

 border of naked nose-pad straight. 



L. ellioti, p. 294. 



W". Rich chestnut-brown above, golden led below and on the 

 extremities (skull not known). 



L. aurobrunnea, p. 295. 



(^. Claws in adults rudimentary; tail not more than half the length 

 of the head and body. 



L. leptonyx, p. 295. 



Lutra vulgaris. 



Mustela lutra, Linnaus Syst. Nat., i2th ed., i, p. 66 (1766). 

 Lutra vulgaris, £rAr/f6ew Syst. Reg. Anim., p. 448 (1777); Temminck and 

 Schlegel Faun. Jap. Manttn., p. 35; Middendorf Siberische Reise, ii, pt. ii, 

 p. 70; Schrenck Amurland Sdugeth., p. 42; Radde Ost Siberien, i, p. 54; 

 Kelaart Prod. Faun. Zeylan., p. 35 ; Blyth Cat., no. 216, p. 72 i J^tdon 

 Mamm., p. 88 [pt.] ; Gray Cat. Cam. Mamm., p. 103 ; Severtzoff Ann, 

 Mag. N. H. (4), xviii, p. 48; Blanford Persia, p. 43; id. J. A. S.B., xlvi, 

 p. 324 ; Alston P. Z. S., 1877, p. 275 ; id. ibid, 1880, p. 54 ; Lydekker J. A. 

 S. B., xlix, p. 6 ; Scully P. Z. S., 1881, p. 203 ; Blanford Mammals, p. 182 ; 

 Thomas P. Z. S., 1889, P- IQS ; Radde Zool. J. B., iv, p. 1022. 

 Lutra nair, F. Cuvier Diet. Set., Nat., xxvii, p. 247 (1823) ; Sykes, P. Z. S., 

 1831, p. 100; Horsfield Cat. E. 1. Mus., p. 115 ; Blytk Cat. no. 214, 

 p. 72 [pt.] ; Jerdon Mamm,, p. 86 [pt.] ; McMaster Notes on Jerdon, 

 p. IS [pt.] ; Swinhoe P. Z. S, 1861, p. 390 ; id. ibid., 1864, p. 381; 

 Anderson Anat. Zool. Res., p. 208, pi. xi ; Sterndale Mamm. Ind., p. 153, 



Viverra lutra, Pallas Zoog. Ross. As., i, p. 76 (1831). 



Lutra roensis, Ogilby P.Z. S., p. 1 1 1 (1834). 



Lutra nudipes, Melchior Sdugeth. des Danisch. Staats (1834)*. 



Lutra chinensis, Gray Charlesw. Mag. N. H., i, p. 580(1837); id. Cat. Carn. 

 Mamm., p. 104; Swinhoe P. Z. S., 1870, pp. 228, 624; Anderson Anat. 

 Zool. Res., p. 211. 



Lutra indica, Gray Charlesw. Mag. N. H., i, p. 580 (1837) ; id. Cat. Carn, 

 Mamm., p. 104. 



Lutra monticolus, Hodgson J. A. S. B., viii, p. 320 (1839). 



Lutra monticola, Blyth J. A. S. B., xi, p. 99 (1842J ; id. ibid., xiv, p. 351 ; 

 Gray Cat. Hodgs. Coll., ist ed., p. 14 [pt.]. 



Lutra kutab, Schinz Syn. Mamm., \, p. 354 (1844). 



Lutra ? Blyth Cat. no. 215, p. 73 (1863)". 



